Brynn King (RWU) Wins Fourth National Title; Six Standouts Represent ECC with Six All-American Performances at NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships

PUEBLO, CO – Roberts Wesleyan graduate student Brynn King has done it.  COMPLETE RESULTS She becomes the first student-athlete to repeat as the national outdoor champion in the women's pole vault since Emily Presley of Missouri Southern State in 2017 and the fifth to win two outdoor championships since women's pole vault became a DII championship sport in 1999. After making the bar at 4.52m, King passed all the way up to 4.80m (15' 9") to try to break the all-time NCAA women's outdoor record of 4.78m (15' 8 1/4"), set by the University of Washington's Amanda Moll on May 17, but missed on her three attempts at the all-time record.  King, who was competing in her final outdoor meet as a Redhawk, entered the competition with a quick make at 4.32m (14' 2") after the field of 22 had been pared to two. She and Peters both missed their first attempts at 4.37m (14' 4"), but King regained control with a make on her first attempt at 4.42m (14' 6"). Peters, who had already achieved a personal best, passed to 4.47m (14' 8"), but missed on both of her attempts to secure the title for King. After missing her first try at 4.52m, King made her second attempt to give her three chances at the all-time mark. King ends her outdoor career with NCAA Division II indoor (4.66m, 15' 3 1/2") and outdoor (4.75m, 15' 7") records and is the only woman in Division II history to clear 15 feet in competition. She does have the option to compete in the 2025-26 indoor season.  King, who represented the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer, broke the all-time NCAA DII outdoor record in the pole vault at 4.75m (15' 7") at the 97th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays back in late March to sit as the No. 1 seed entering Saturday's competition. The national title was the fourth overall for King, who has won the NCAA DII indoor and outdoor championships each of the past two years. She owns both the NCAA Division II championship records for both indoors and outdoors and has the seven best jumps in NCAA Division II outdoor history and the top eight jumps and nine of the top 10 in indoor history.
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